Yearly Archives: <span>2023</span>

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Active Assailant Program Market Detail: WealthGuard Insurance Group offers an Active Assailant program. An active assailant is a premeditated malicious physical attack, by an active assailant who is armed with a hand-held weapon that causes direct physical loss and/or bodily …

Poaching, Sexual Harassment, Sabotage? Alabama Insurance Agency Suits Air it Out

A dispute between two veteran west Alabama insurance agents has made it all the way to the state Supreme Court after three years of civil litigation, suggestions of criminal activity and claims of sexual harassment, assault and improper business practices. …

Poultry Producers Seek to Dismiss Ruling That They Polluted an Oklahoma Watershed

A group of poultry producers, including the world’s largest, have asked a federal judge to dismiss his ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed. Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and the others say in a motion that evidence in …

Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Hyundai Plant Site

Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant construction site in Georgia. “The risks …

Texas Court: Immunity Doesn’t Protect Local Governments From Administrative Penalties

Political subdivisions in Texas can’t use governmental immunity to evade administrative penalties for failing to timely pay workers’ compensation benefits, a state appellate court ruled. A panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeals in Austin upheld a trial court …

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Texas LNG Terminal

A federal appeals court on Monday struck down a major air pollution permit issued by Texas’s environmental regulator, arguing that the state allowed improperly high emissions limits for Port Arthur LNG, a gas liquefaction and export terminal currently under construction …

Study: Medical Payments to Treat Injured Workers in Texas Stable Over Five-Year Period

Medical payments to treat injured workers in Texas were stable from 2016 to 2021, according to a new study from the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, CompScope Medical Benchmarks for Texas, 24th Edition, found that stability in medical …

Toxic Chemicals Found in Wells Near Michigan Shoe Manufacturer’s Headquarters

ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) – Tests show toxic chemicals in wells near the headquarters of a western Michigan shoe manufacturer, years after the company dredged and transferred river sediment from a leather-processing tannery. There is no dispute Wolverine Worldwide used a …

People Moves: Howden Taps Marsh’s Bayon de La Tour as International Head of Cyber; Argenta Promotes Davidson to Lead New Energy Transition Offering

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden and Argenta Syndicate Management. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Taps Marsh’s Bayon de La Tour as International Head of Cyber Howden, the London-based global insurance group, …

FBI Warns on Scattered Spider Hackers, Urges Victims to Come Forward

The FBI warned organizations to guard against the Scattered Spider hacking group, which has breached dozens of American organizations over the past year, stealing their sensitive data for extortion. The FBI alert follows a Reuters report this week that said …